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Challenges
Challenges are projects with a particular theme where you can showcase your creativity and imagination. Issued at the beginning of the quilt year, challenges are open to all members.
We encourage each of our members to try at least one of our challenges this year. We hope to inspire all of you.
All challenge projects are to be brought to the March 2019 meeting and shared with the group, and then ideally displayed at our 2019 quilt show.
This year's challenges include:
-- Patti Moore
We encourage each of our members to try at least one of our challenges this year. We hope to inspire all of you.
All challenge projects are to be brought to the March 2019 meeting and shared with the group, and then ideally displayed at our 2019 quilt show.
This year's challenges include:
- Silhouette Challenge
- UFO Challenge
- President's Challenge - Shining Star Preemie Quilt
- Quilt Show Challenge - Modern Quilt
- Quilt Canada Challenge - Quilting Goes Viral
-- Patti Moore
Silhouette Challenge
-Small Project: wall hanging, framed piece, pillow cover, runner etc.
-Pieced and quilted background with a dark silhouette in front
-could be a landscape, city scape, still life, or whatever interpretation you have
A winner will be chosen by Viewer’s Choice voting at the March 2019 guild meeting.
- Patti Moore, Program Committee
-Pieced and quilted background with a dark silhouette in front
-could be a landscape, city scape, still life, or whatever interpretation you have
A winner will be chosen by Viewer’s Choice voting at the March 2019 guild meeting.
- Patti Moore, Program Committee
UFO Challenge
This project completes an Unfinished Object – any quilting projects you have that are unfinished!!
A before picture of where your project is at present must be included with your entry
This challenge has 2 objectives:
- Patti Moore, Program Committee
A before picture of where your project is at present must be included with your entry
This challenge has 2 objectives:
- encourage you to finish projects
- fill up our April quilt show
- Patti Moore, Program Committee
President's Challenge
"A Shining Star" Preemie Quilt
Make a preemie quilt that includes at least one star block, and one or more pieced borders. The finished size is 24" (unfinished 24"). Batting and backing will be provided.
There are many books in our library as well as inspirations found online that could be used.
A winner will be chosen by Viewer’s Choice voting at the March 2019 guild meeting. We would like to include them all in the April quilt show and then they will be passed on.
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Option 1 - Shared Project
**Please include some the scraps from the star block so that they can be combined with the next person's stash to create the border. This could also go one step further, where the unfinished top is returned and another member could complete the quilt by adding the backing, quilting the preemie and labeling the finished project. |
Option 2 - Personal Project
Make your own personal star preemie quilt – any star, combination of stars, pieced borders, etc. |
- Donna Sheaves, President
Quilt Show Challenge
Modern Quilting Project
This is the project for our April 2019 quilt show. It can be any project that exhibits modern quilting style - a quilt, wall hanging, runner, table topper, pillow, bag, etc.
Refer to this description of a modern quilt on The Modern Quilt Guild web site.
More characteristics of a modern quilt:
-Negative space included
-exaggerated patterns, simplistic in design
-strong colours
-asymmetrical designs
-straight line, echo, and graphic quilting
Refer also to the meeting highlights of our May 2017 meeting where our guest Laura Piggott spoke on Modern Quilting.
A winner will be chosen by Viewer’s Choice voting at the March 2019 guild meeting. These projects will be displayed at our 2019 quilt show.
- Quilt Show Committee
This is the project for our April 2019 quilt show. It can be any project that exhibits modern quilting style - a quilt, wall hanging, runner, table topper, pillow, bag, etc.
Refer to this description of a modern quilt on The Modern Quilt Guild web site.
More characteristics of a modern quilt:
-Negative space included
-exaggerated patterns, simplistic in design
-strong colours
-asymmetrical designs
-straight line, echo, and graphic quilting
Refer also to the meeting highlights of our May 2017 meeting where our guest Laura Piggott spoke on Modern Quilting.
A winner will be chosen by Viewer’s Choice voting at the March 2019 guild meeting. These projects will be displayed at our 2019 quilt show.
- Quilt Show Committee
Quilt Canada Challenge
Quilting Goes Viral
This is a Canadian Quilters' Association (CQA) challenge for its member guilds for the June 12-15, 2019 Quilt Canada show in Ottawa. One entry can be submitted from our guild, so we will pick the winner at our March meeting by Viewer’s Choice voting. We will display all entries at our April quilt show and then submit the winning quilt to CQA by the May 15th deadline.
The quilt must include Pantone colour #18, Ultraviolet (the 2018 colour of the year), or the equivalent KONA colour, Bright Periwinkle, along with up to two (2) additional colours on the face of your quilt.
Note from CQA FaceBook post Oct 18: You do not have to use the Kona fabric in your entry! You just have to use a piece of fabric with that colour (Pantone Ultraviolet). It doesn't have to be a solid colour, the fabric can be tone-on-tone or one that reads that colour.
The quilt perimeter is to be no larger than 72 inches.
Please refer to the Quilt Canada web site for more information about all of the requirements for these quilts (e.g. finishing, hanging sleeve, label etc.)
- Patti Moore, Program Committee